D/X10578B Seaman Donald John MacPHAIL, HMS Jupiter, Royal Naval Reserve: 27/02/1942

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Casualty
Seaman MACPHAIL, DONALD JOHN
Service Number D/X 10578B
Died 27/02/1942
Aged 28
H.M.S. Jupiter, Royal Naval Reserve
Son of John and Margaret MacPhail, of Carloway, Isle of Lewis.
Commemorated at PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
Location: Devon, United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 23228
Cemetery/memorial reference: Panel 75, Column 1.

 

UK, British Army and Navy Birth, Marriage and Death Records, 1730-1960
Name: Donald John MacPHAIL
Event: Death
Birth Date: 14 Jun 1913
Birth Place: Donne, Carloway, Ross-shire
Death Date: 27 Feb 1942
Death Age: 28


UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current
Name: Donald John MacPhail
Death Date: 28 Feb 1942
Cemetery: Dalmore Cemetery, Uig
Burial or Cremation Place: Uig, Outer Hebrides, Scotland
Has Bio?: Y
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/mem...


HMS Jupiter (F85) - Wikipedia
Jupiter sank the Japanese submarine I-60 on 17 January 1942. On 27 February 1942 she struck a mine laid earlier in the day by the Dutch minelayer Gouden Leeuw as she steamed with the American-British-Dutch-Australian Command (ABDA) cruiser force during the Battle of the Java Sea. The destroyer sank off the north Java coast in the Java Sea at 21:16 hours. Initially, the explosion was thought to have been caused by a Japanese torpedo.
The wreck has been plotted, and is described by the Admiralty as "very broken up, partly salvaged, and very close to the Java coast".


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